ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,449, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Actuating mechanism for actuating covers for vehicles" was invented by Andreas Rudolf (Eibelstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuating mechanism for actuating a cover in a vehicle, wherein the cover is reversibly movable, between a closed position and an opened position, wherein the actuating mechanism comprises: a drive, having a drive shaft; and a kinematics associated with the drive, which kinematics is configured so as to tap a rotational movement from the drive shaft when the drive is actuated and convert it into a movement of the...